Let's Active - Asbury Park, NJ 1986

Visions

Asbury Park, NJ

May 2, 1986
 

I could find no reference to "Visions" as a music venue in Asbury Park, N.J.
But I REALLY like this graphic design by Gregory Attonito

audience recording (sound quality VG; decent-sounding recording, with a PA mix that takes until the end of track 3 to settle in; infrequent crowd chattiness near the taper + occasional phase shifts). 

Mitch at the mic, Einstein a Go-Go, Florida
groovy photo by Allison Durham

SAMPLE: "Fell" (Asbury Park '86)


01 Waters Part

02 Ornamental

03 In Between

04 Talking to Myself

05 Still Dark Out

06 Writing the Book of Last Pages

07 In Little Ways

08 Fell

09 Leader of Men

10 Whispered News

11 Prey

12 Won't Go Wrong

13 Every Word Means No

14 Last Chance Town

15 Hush (Deep Purple cover)

16 Reflecting Pool

17 He's a Whore (Cheap Trick cover)

TT: 1:05:49

SPECIAL THANKS to JW and RIDICULOUS THANKS to dB’s Fan for the share.

MP3@320 

Let’s  Active:

Mitch Easter – guitars & vocals

Angie Carlson – keyboards, backing vocals

Eric Marshall – drums

Dennis Ambrose - bass

Repercussion - The Album REVISITED

The dB’s  
Live & Other Versions

soundboard & FM sources   

sound quality: VG+ to Ex-
 

I used the album's rare first-issue cover art, 
based on Peter's drawings and original design idea
(also used the original running order, restored in later editions)

REALLY RARE: album label for the Aussie release

01 Living a Lie

02 We Were Happy There

03 Happenstance (demo)

04 From a Window to a Screen
     (acoustic)

05 Amplifier

06 Ask for Jill

07 I Feel Good (Today)

08 Storm Warning

09 Ups and Downs

10 In Spain

11 Nothing Is Wrong

12 Neverland

13 pH Factor

                        

14 (mystery track)
   

ROB SEZ: A SPECIAL POST TO CELEBRATE PASSING THE 200,000 HITS MARK. I had a ton of fun with this, totally geeking out as a deeBs fan boy. Like the other "Classic Albums Revisited" projects, I used only the best-quality sources (soundboard and FM in this case) and chose inspired performances from all the shows in my collection. This is my all-time favorite album, the one that inspired this blog...      
 

Live versions, unless otherwise noted

SOURCES:

01, 05, 12 = NYC 1982-04-XX (sbd - venue, day unknown)

02, 06, 08, 13 = The Ritz, NYC 1982-02-XX (FM - master tape source)

03 Chris Stamey demo, c. 1981

04 Holsapple-Stamey studio recording, 2008

07 Reunion Show, Grady Cole Center, Charlotte, NC 1988-05-15 (sbd)

09–11 = Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill, NC 1981-10-24 (sbd)
14 = mystery track; info contained in the file tags 
  

both versions include full artwork
    
WAV lossless files  

MP3@320  

The dB’s:

Will Rigby – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Gene Holder – bass

Peter Holsapple – vocals, guitar

Chris Stamey – vocals, guitar

Read Rob Ross' re-appraisal 
of Repercussion in Pop Dose
  

200,000 HITS - Congrats to ... Us!

 

200,000 hits!

Not bad, huh?

      

Passed that high-water mark about two weeks ago.

For a small-niche, "boutique" blog,
I must say I'm kind of impressed.
That may sound conceited.
But I'm talking about the idea of the blog
garnering this much traffic.
Two mighty, but relatively obscure, N.C. bands & their
musical "repercussions," gaining this kind of interest?

C O O L

BIG, SENTIMENTAL THANKS

TO EVERYONE WHO EVER CONTRIBUTED, 

STOPPED BY, 

LEFT A COMMENT, 
ADDED US TO THEIR BLOG ROLL,

AND/OR TOLD A FRIEND, 

"Check out this blog..."

I don't plan to stop anytime soon, 

so hang on for more posts with rare, fabulous music.

 

dB's - New Video!

"Write Back"

video by Emily Hubley

I think Emily's been studying Picasso lately...

Enjoy this animated video for the song Will Rigby
composed & sang, from Falling Off the Sky.

Emily also did the "Big Brown Eyes" video.

Read more about the "Write Back" video 
and get a link to the BBE video at Blurt Online.

Susan Cowsill & Friends - NOLA 2014

Carrollton Station

New Orleans, LA

April 27, 2014

audience recording (quality: VG+; clear, crisp recording with very little crowd noise — because there wasn’t much of a crowd!)

LOVE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS: davies51 took photos from the show & made cover art

PARTICULAR THANKS to jefft for recording and sharing

REPERCUSSION: Peter Holsapple was in the Continental Drifters with Susan (they also were married for a time and have a child in common). Oh yeah: and they made some exquisite music together. If you aren't familiar with them, do check out the Continental Drifters.

SAMPLE: "The Rain Song" (2014)


FIRST SET

01 Don't Worry Baby

02 The Rain Song

03 Don't Pass Me By

04 I Never Knew There Would 
     Be You

05 Sunshine On My Shoulders

06 Banter 1

07 They Don't Know

08 Banter 2

09 Mamas Don't Let 
     Your Babies...

10 Banter 3

11 You've Really Got a Hold On Me

12 True Love

13 Banter 4

14 Take Me Home, Country Roads

15 Someday

16 Drunken Angel

17 'Round the Bend

18 Banter 5

19 Enough to Get 
     to Shore

20 After Hours

21 Do or Die

22 Snow

23 Crescent City  
       (aborted)

24 Mississippi

SECOND SET

01 I Think of You

02 Angel From Montgomery

03 Me and Bobby McGee

04 Banter 6

05 You've Got to Be Crazy to Live In This Town

06 Mohammed's Radio

07 Banter 7

08 Turn My Lights Back Home

09 Happy Together      

10 (intro to Track 11)

11 Ballad of Sis (Didn't I 
     Love You)

12 The Rain, the Park, 
     and Other Things

TT: 2:28:01

MP3@320

MUSICIANS

Susan Cowsill - Vocals, Guitar

Russ Broussard - Drums

John Fohl - Guitar, Vocals

Alexandra Scott - Vocals, Guitar (1st Set)

Alex McMurray - Guitar, Vocals (2nd Set)

Doug Pritchett - Guitar, Vocals (2^nd Set, t03)

There's an awesome set of bonus tracks for this post, somewhere around here...

Susan's latest solo album is Lighthouse

(I own it, and it's excellent)

Buy the disc or download it HERE, directly from the artist

More live shows by Susan Cowsill are at Bandcamp 
 
Learn more about the music of Susan Cowsill at her official web site, her pages at Cowsill.com 
and/or Wikipedia   

 

X T C - Black Sea Demos (etc.) 1980

1980 Polygram Studios

London, England

 
studio recordings (sound quality: VG to VG+; faint hiss is audible at times, but it won't ruin your listening enjoyment)

 

Cracks me up
I think this cover art (courtesy of Trystereo) is hilarious

ROB SEZ: Thanks to Hans de Vente, we have here a gem of a rarity: band demos (and perhaps also rough mixes) from sessions for the fourth album. Oddly, there are also three solo demos from Mr. Partridge (#8-10). These were on the tape that AP sent to Hans (see below), so they've been preserved in their original running order. However, you might want to move them as you arrange the tracks for your listening pleasure. Believe it or not, these have never seen an official release (even on the seemingly endless Fuzzy Warbles collections).

01 Living Through Another Cuba  
     [instrum.]

02 Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)

03 Rocket From a Bottle

04 Towers of London

05 Smokeless Zone [instrum.]

06 Ban the Bomb [instrum.]

07 No Language In Our Lungs

08 Pearl [APartridge solo]

09 Holding the Baby  
     [APartridge solo]

10 Monkeys In Human Skin Suites
     [APartridge solo]

11 Burning With 
     Optimism’s Flames

12 Paper and Iron 
     (Notes and Coins) 

13 Travels In Nihilon

14 Don't Lose Your Temper

15 Respectable Street

16 Generals and Majors
 
TT: 63 mins. 

 

REPERCUSSION: Several of our heroes have named X T C as an influence, and no less than Chris Stamey wrote a very catchy song not long ago called "You 'n' Me 'n' X T C" — recorded with musical advice from a certain Mr. Partridge. (Wanna hear it? Go here).

SKYLARKING AGAIN?  X T C in their 1980s heyday

MP3@320

X T C:

Andy  Partridge - guitar, vocals

Dave Gregory - guitar, vocals

Colin Moulding - bass, vocals

Terry Chambers – drums

Learn more about the music of X T C at Wikipedia, Andy P's official site, &/or this impressive fan site